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Vernon Ransford

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Vernon Ransford

Ransford in 1909

Personal information

Full name

Vernon Seymour Ransford

Born

20 March 1885
South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia

Died

19 March 1958 (aged 72)
Brighton, Melbourne, Australia

Batting

Left-handed

Bowling

Slow left-arm orthodox

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 91)

13 December 1907 v England

Last Test

1 March 1912 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1903/04–1927/28

Victoria

Career statistics

Competition	Test	First-class
Matches	20	142
Runs scored	1,211	8,268
Batting average	37.84	42.39
100s/50s	1/5	25/32
Top score	143*	190
Balls bowled	43	1,692
Wickets	1	29
Bowling average	28.00	30.62
5 wickets in innings	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	1/9	6/38
Catches/stumpings	10/–	74/–

Source: Cricinfo, 8 August 2021

Vernon Seymour Ransford OBE (20 March 1885 – 19 March 1958) was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Test matches between 1907 and 1912.^[1]

Ransford was a smooth and stylish left-handed batsman who could score with ease all round the wicket or defend patiently as the situation required.^[2] He played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1904 to 1928,^[1] and was the first Victorian to score a century in each innings of a match, with 182 and 110 against New South Wales in 1907–08.^[3] In 1908–09 he was the leading run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield, with 720 runs in four matches at an average of 120.00 and four centuries.^[4] He was also an outstanding fieldsman, who could pick up and throw the ball in one movement and with great accuracy.^[2]

Ransford's best Test series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career-best score of 143 not out in Australia's victory at Lord's,^[5] finishing with 353 runs at an average of 58.83. On the whole tour he made 1783 runs at an average of 43.48, and hit six centuries.^[6] These performances led to his selection as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

Ransford toured New Zealand with Australian teams in 1913–14 and in 1920–21, when he captained the side. He also toured New Zealand with Victoria in 1924–25.^[7]

After retiring from playing, Ransford served as president of the Melbourne Football Club in 1927–28, and secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club (where he had played his senior club cricket) from 1939 to 1957, ably steering the club and its ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, through the ground's use as a military camp in World War II and its later use as the chief venue for the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was awarded the OBE in the 1954 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[8]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Vernon Ransford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 440–41.
^ "Vernon Seymour Ransford". Brighton General Cemetery. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 1908/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "England vs Australia, 2nd Test at London, Jun 14 1909". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
^ "The Tour of the Australians", Cricket, 23 September 1909, pp. 428–29.
^ "First-Class Matches played by Vernon Ransford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "The week's Sports Muster". Fern Tree Gully and District Times: 4. 17 June 1954.

External links

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Media related to Vernon Ransford at Wikimedia Commons
Vernon Ransford at ESPNcricinfo

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1900–01 to 1949–50)

1900–01: Hill
1901–02: Hill
1902–03: Duff
1903–04: Trumper
1904–05: Armstrong
1905–06: Mackay
1906–07: Hopkins
1907–08: Hardstaff
1908–09: Ransford
1909–10: Kortlang
1910–11: Faulkner
1911–12: Rhodes
1912–13: Trumper
1913–14: Macartney
1914–15: Ryder
1915–16: –
1916–17: –
1917–18: –
1918–19: Armstrong
1919–20: Park
1920–21: Hendren
1921–22: O'Keeffe
1922–23: Chapman
1923–24: Ponsford
1924–25: Sutcliffe
1925–26: A. Richardson
1926–27: Ponsford
1927–28: Ponsford
1928–29: Bradman
1929–30: Bradman
1930–31: Bradman
1931–32: Bradman
1932–33: Sutcliffe
1933–34: Bradman
1934–35: Fingleton
1935–36: Bradman
1936–37: Bradman
1937–38: Bradman
1938–39: Brown
1939–40: Bradman
1940–41: S. Barnes
1941–42: Raymer
1942–43: –
1943–44: –
1944–45: –
1945–46: S. Barnes
1946–47: Compton
1947–48: Bradman
1948–49: Morris

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

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